AESC 2050 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE TEST
BANK FULL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS LEARNING PACKAGE
●● T/F: Agriculture concerns the production of food and non-food
crops.
Answer: True
●● The human population of the earth recently passed the
_____________ mark.
Answer: 7 billion
●● The TOP 3 cereal grains produced globally are:
Answer: Corn, Rice, Wheat
●● The % of income spent on food is directly correlated to the % of
_____________ in countries
across the globe.
Answer: Malnutrition of children
●● Which continent has a high population density, but low cereal grain
production?
Answer: Africa
,●● The video "The Science of Overpopulation" states that in the U.S.,
we use more water
irrigating __________ than any other crop:
Answer: Lawn Grass
●● Refer to graph for 8 & 9
Answer:
●● T/F: Culture plays a much more significant role in the difference
between humans than Genetics.
Answer: True
●● In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote an essay warning of the dangers of:
Answer: Overpopulation of the globe
●● The biggest difference between the Upper 20% and Lower 20% of
U.S. income earners in
terms of average annual expenditures, is that the Upper 20% are able to
spend significantly
more of their income on:
Answer: Personal insurance and pensions
,●● The Battle of Cajamarca in 1532 pitted Spanish Conquistadors
against the ____________ .
Answer: Incas
●● About ___________ years ago, Humans began ____________ which
scientists believe was
the first conscious cultural act.
Answer: 2 million / tool making
●● The separation between "Prehistory" and "History" occurred about
___________ years ago,
with the _________________.
Answer: 5,000 / invention of writing
●● Instead of just using Biological Evolution to adjust to their
environment, early human also
developed through _____________________, using intellectual and
social skills.
Answer: Cultural adaptation
●● The MOST devastating item brought by Europeans to the New
World was/were...
Answer: Disease
, ●● Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of early emerging
hominids:
Answer: Male dominated small families
●● Most scientists believe that agriculture started in what is known as
the "Fertile Crescent",
which is located in (the) modern...
Answer: Middle East
●● Early hominid males most often took on the dangerous tasks of
hunting and defense
because...
Answer: they were expendable
●● Homo Sapiens Sapiens can be translated to:
Answer: "Wise Humans"
●● Many scientists believe that the reason agriculture developed
independently in many places
around the globe was that it happened around the same time as...
Answer: the end of the last Ice Age
BANK FULL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS LEARNING PACKAGE
●● T/F: Agriculture concerns the production of food and non-food
crops.
Answer: True
●● The human population of the earth recently passed the
_____________ mark.
Answer: 7 billion
●● The TOP 3 cereal grains produced globally are:
Answer: Corn, Rice, Wheat
●● The % of income spent on food is directly correlated to the % of
_____________ in countries
across the globe.
Answer: Malnutrition of children
●● Which continent has a high population density, but low cereal grain
production?
Answer: Africa
,●● The video "The Science of Overpopulation" states that in the U.S.,
we use more water
irrigating __________ than any other crop:
Answer: Lawn Grass
●● Refer to graph for 8 & 9
Answer:
●● T/F: Culture plays a much more significant role in the difference
between humans than Genetics.
Answer: True
●● In 1798, Thomas Malthus wrote an essay warning of the dangers of:
Answer: Overpopulation of the globe
●● The biggest difference between the Upper 20% and Lower 20% of
U.S. income earners in
terms of average annual expenditures, is that the Upper 20% are able to
spend significantly
more of their income on:
Answer: Personal insurance and pensions
,●● The Battle of Cajamarca in 1532 pitted Spanish Conquistadors
against the ____________ .
Answer: Incas
●● About ___________ years ago, Humans began ____________ which
scientists believe was
the first conscious cultural act.
Answer: 2 million / tool making
●● The separation between "Prehistory" and "History" occurred about
___________ years ago,
with the _________________.
Answer: 5,000 / invention of writing
●● Instead of just using Biological Evolution to adjust to their
environment, early human also
developed through _____________________, using intellectual and
social skills.
Answer: Cultural adaptation
●● The MOST devastating item brought by Europeans to the New
World was/were...
Answer: Disease
, ●● Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of early emerging
hominids:
Answer: Male dominated small families
●● Most scientists believe that agriculture started in what is known as
the "Fertile Crescent",
which is located in (the) modern...
Answer: Middle East
●● Early hominid males most often took on the dangerous tasks of
hunting and defense
because...
Answer: they were expendable
●● Homo Sapiens Sapiens can be translated to:
Answer: "Wise Humans"
●● Many scientists believe that the reason agriculture developed
independently in many places
around the globe was that it happened around the same time as...
Answer: the end of the last Ice Age
